title: Surgical treatment of invasive renal aspergillosis after chemotherapy.
abstract: The treatment of hematological malignancies with intensive chemotherapy results in prolonged periods of immunosuppression. This is associated with an increased incidence of Aspergillus infections of the upper respiratory tract with high mortality. We present a case of a 4-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed disseminated pulmonary and renal aspergillosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of aspergillosis affecting a kidney after chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8, Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju #501-757, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Il
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Taek Won
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sun Ouck
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Deuk
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Kwangsung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Soo Bang
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ryu